Remember that Self-Advocacy and the ADA panel Skokie Public Library presented via Zoom last November?I was on that panel along with Deirdre Keane (a teacher/librarian who was born with a hearing loss and got a cochlear implant during her freshman year in college), Michele Lee (an experienced finance professional who uses a wheelchair) and Tina […]

When the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) selected Hanni and Beth: Safe & Sound as the winner of its Henry Bergh Children’s Book Award back in 2008, my sisters accompanied my second Seeing Eye dog Hanni and me to the American Library Association convention in Anaheim to receive the award. […]

We’re back! This past week my Seeing Eye dog Luna and I visited three different schools in person to talk with third graders about guide dogs and what it’s like to be blind. Pretty wonderful to be back with the kids in person, but I gotta be honest: two years without any in-person visits to […]

A journalist contacted me a few months ago. “I’m working on a story about restaurants and accessibility,” she said. “Would you be willing to meet me for an interview?” Of course I said yes. We met at our local, Half Sour, and after introducing herself she asked, ““Do you want me to tell you what […]

Back in November my 26-year-old niece Anita texted me: Beth, quick question for you do ya have any interest in possibly going to A Christmas Carol at Goodman Theater on Saturday the 11th of December at 2 Here in Chicago some families go to the Goodman to see A Christmas Carol each and every Xmas. […]